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A sign of a great story teller.Īlso, like with the end of Way of the Shaman, this book ended without revealing what the Protaganist's reward was for their final act in the book.Be the first to know when Vasily Mahanenko’s next book is available! Follow him at. Which was funny everything's i realized it as I would remember that he's the good guy so he should win, but the story telling kept steering me to believe as Lorelei did and hope for his defeat. The part in most impressed about is that even though I know from reading The Way of the Shaman that Geranika is actually the good guy, the way the story is told and the way Lorelei feels towards the denizens of the forest still made me root for his downfall. Our new protagonist in Barliona starts her adventure as a renegade biota picking up from the last book and through her ingenuity becomes quite powerful for her level, though not overpowered which she realizes soon after letting her head get a little too big.

Set in a space-simulator based world, the first book of the series in already finished while Vasily works on its sequel.Īnother great story in the world of Barliona (contains spoilers if you haven't read the way of the shaman) Vasily's other passion is space exploration which is why he now works on a follow-up series entitled Galaktiona. The first book of the series has already been translated into English, with more translations to follow, aiming to make the Way of the Shaman series available to the English-language reader in its entirety. At the moment, the series boasts six novels with the seventh one in the works - this time the author expands on stories of Shaman's companions and those who helped and supported him in his trials and tribulations. He used his more than ten years' experience as an ERP implementation project manager to approach his writing in a well-organized manner, working to a strict schedule, a set of deadlines and even a budget. His bestselling series combines fiction and video games, telling the story of Shaman and his friends stuck in the ruthless reality of Barliona. Vasily dipped into his college-days insider knowledge as a hardcore gamer in order to create a believable world of the virtual-reality MMO game.

His Way of the Shaman series took Russian literature by storm in 2012. Vasily Mahanenko is a fantasy author working in the new genre of LitRPG - the MMO-based fantasy and sci fi. Be the first to know when Vasily Mahanenko’s next book is available! Follow him at.